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AG's office investigating inmate death at Essex County jail

Clip: 12/6/2021 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions

Authorities haven’t released details on the inmate or how he died

The New Jersey attorney general’s office is joining the investigation into last Friday’s death of an inmate at the Essex County Correctional Facility. Authorities haven’t released details on what happened, the name of the inmate or how he died.

12/06/2021

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